Railway-switch-stand lock



s. NISHIMURA. v RAlLWAY SWITCH STAND LOCK.

APPLICAHON FILED SEPT. 12, I919.

Patented Feb. 24,1920.

V Railway-SwitcheStand Locks; and I e do.

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' nAInwAY-swmoH-s'rnND LOCK.

- Specification of Letters" Patent. Patented F'eb; 24', 1920.

Application filed, September 12, 1919...S e.i'ia.1 No. 323.2

To all mag concern:

Be it known that I, SHINZO residingat VVapato, vin the county. of Yakima, State. of'lVashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in hereby. declare the following to, be a ,full', clear,.and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in theart to, which it appertains'to make and'use the same. I

Thisinventionrelates to new and useful improvements in railway switch stand locks.

One object of the present invention is to providea novel and improved lock whlch is simple and effective in its operation and WlllCll. does away with, the .{tinconvenient padlock now used.

Another obgect 18 to provide a novel and improved lock for holding the switch lever or handle. against accidental movement into" or. outoftoperative position. j

further object is toprovi-de an improved device of this,characterwherein the keyv is required to unlock the switch lever-to permit the same-to be moved to throw the switch and alsozwherein the-switch lever can bereleasedzandset back into locked position by an independent means. I Other objectsand advantages-willbe apparentfrom the. following description when taken in connection with the accompanying draw] ng. V

I nzthedrawing: i

Figurel isan elevation of a switch stand showing the. invention in side elevation.

Fig. 2 is a View looking toward the face of thelock, the front plate of therlookcasing being removed.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged horizontalsectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4: is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 4-'-4:,Of Fig. 2 but showing the front plate in place.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary elevation bf the front of the lock casing showing in dotted lines the unlocked position of the NIsHiMnnA,

th .st nd w ch: ar en t ppa nd: thersignal, blades 14. Pivotallyw connected to the; rotary disk is. the switchdever li Mounted on the disk. 12, adjacent the.

notches l6 and 17 of. the disks 11' and. 12,}re- I 'spectively, is a -lock. casing 18.,see F igs.,3 and. 4, the lower portionseof. the front and: rear wallsof which, areformed with notches.

19, into which. the lever is. adaptedtobe moved when the. switch. is to, be. thrown.

Within thefcasing; are disposed the ewe;

parallel. shafts 20 and 21, and on the former of said shafts thereis mounteda segmental pin on 22, theteethof which: are. arranged to engage with-the teeth; 23 of the pivotal portion of the segmental blade 24 mounted on theshaft 21. Thisblade is adapted to swing into andout ofposition acrossathe.

notches in thelower portionsiof the front and rear walls :of theacasing, .aswilla. be more;

clearly pointed out hereinafter. "Gar-riedlgby 1 the; outer end.;-o.f theshaft 2.0 is; a disk 25in which" formed v a key-hole: opening 26. for

the receptionof a key (not. shown).- for. openingthe look. When tl1e ;shaft.2 0 isrotated; the segmental pinion22 will engageiitsteethx; with thetjeeth of. the segmental blade 24;; wher by ai lade i1 betur ed pw rd y V out ofits positionacrossthe n0tche's'19;

Pivotally mounted in the casing belowthe blade 24.- is a hooks'member 24., the. illnerend of' whieh is arranged tovengage. Withthe' lower end ofthe blade, clear-1y seenin "Fig.. l-his hook'is interlocked with the hook 151 formed. on theinner faceofthe,

upper end of the lever- 15:} When thesblade. 2.5L is swung; toward one; side, v the hook. 24;;

iSfIGG ULIIlOVB and will be sw-ungon" P YotI by the; hook 510 t e-lever, as h l yeris-ingved iva d.h.oriz ntal r.pnsition- The switch lever can now be swung u wardly into a horizontal position and t e swltch thrown by swinging or movlng the lever axially on the stand. A pivoted spring pressed pawl, 1 mounted adjacent the peripheral edge of the disk 25 engages in a notch27 in the said edge of the disk, see Fig. 5, whereby retrograde rotation of the disk is prevented, but continued movement of the disk, in the. same direction permitted.

In the lower disk of the switch stand, at

a point in its periphery ninety degrees from the notch 17, is a second notch 28, which is registered by the notch of the upper disk,

' when said upper disk is turned around in the 7 is thus-held away from the notches l9 and the hook '24. "A key is permanently mounted in this portion ofthe lock casing, said key being adapted, when turned, to engage with the pawl 29 and releasethe same fromits engagement with the blade 24. 'A

coil spring 31 is'engaged around the shaft 21 and has one end secured to the blade and its other end secured to the shaft, the said shaft being immovable, whereby said blade will be restored to its normal position across the notches 19.

= The disk 25 is so formed that when the key is inserted in the opening thereof and the disk and key turned'to actuate the blade 7 24, said key cannot be removed until the disk has been turned completely through one revolution, thus placing the teeth of the pinion in engagement with the teeth of the blade at the upper end thereof. It will also be noted that the pinion 22 has only two 29, the teeth of the teeth, and that the pivotal portion of the blade 24 has'only two teeth} By this construction, when the key is turnedto swing the blade-into engagement with the pawl pinion will move past the last tooth of the blade and thus be out 1 of the way to permit the blade'to swing back released.

into normal position when the pawl 29 is This device is especlally useful when a 1 train is to do shiftin into-and out of a siding, and where it is desirable to lock the switch in open position while the shifting isjgoing on, With the devices now in use it requires the locking and unlocking of a padlock several times, whereas, in the present construction, after the trainman is done with the switch he restores it toclosed po-, sition and then restores the lock to normal position by simply turning the permanent key'in the lower corner of the lock casing.

What is claimed is:

l o 1. In a locking device for the lever of a switch stand, the combination with the ro-' tary. portion of the stand and the lever thereof, of a lock casing mounted over the lever, meansin the casing and releasable by a key for holdin the lever against movement, and means 1n the casin andreleasablc by a permanent key for holding the lever holding means out of lever "engaging posi-' tion.

2. In a locking device for switch "stands, the'combination with the rotatable portion and lever of the stand, of a lock casing mounted on said rotatable portion and over the lever, said casing being formed" with a notch to receive the lever in its switch throwing position, a movable member within the casing arranged to normally lie across the notch and above the lever to prevent upward movement of the lever, means operable by a key for swinging the movable member out of position above the lever, and a casing carried means for holding the movable member in inoperative position.

3. In a locking device for a switch stand,

the combination with the rotatable portion of the stand and the pivoted lever carried thereby, of a lock casing mounted on the rotatable portion over the lever and having a notch for the operative movement of the lever into its horizontal position, a swing-V able 'member mounted in the casing and normally disposed in the upper portlon of the notch over the'lever to hold the lever against pivotal movement, a key operated means in the casing for swinging the said member out of lever holding position, a dc tent for holding the swingable member in inoperative position, and rotatable means carried by the casing forreleasing said de- I tent. 7 y

In testimony whereof, I" afiix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

V snmzo NISI-IIMURA.

.Witnesses:

HISAKICHI NIsHI ALFRED R. PEAKS. 

